Last Updated on February 23, 2021 by Marie Bautista
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So Baby No. 1 is due in a month or two.
You read through the pregnancy booklet and see a long list of what you are going to need for the arrival of your little bundle of joy.
And aren’t you excited to get all those cute newborn baby clothes from these cool baby clothes stores and from this website?
I was, especially when I learned Baby Number 1 was going to be a girl!
You know how I am with anything pink! (Proof is this blog and another proof is how I love Pink’s music.)
I bought a bunch of tiny, pink newborn clothes that would probably give my daughter a fresh change for over a year (not quite, of course, I am exaggerating, but you get the drift. I bought a bunch of clothes which will only fit a newborn).
Shopping for a newborn’s baby clothes is fun, there’s no question about it.
Who can resist those tiny clothes in pastel blue , purple, pink and yellow?
But hold on, before you go gung-ho and purchase every piece of baby clothing you think is eye candy, consider first how useful and practical it is.
When buying newborn baby clothes, consider the following:
Have you tried putting clothes on a newborn?
I swear newborns seem all heads! I remember trying to fit a cute shirt over my newborn’s head and failing.
1. Always consider buying short and long-sleeved cotton cardigans with a snap front closure, onesies/body suits with big or stretchy neck
opening and comfortable leg openings, and sleepers in comfortable cloth.
And oh, they don’t need to be in generic white or printed with cute dinosaur patterns. You can dress up your little one in your favorite team’s color like these Outerstuff NBA Infants Toddler Team Color Double Dribble Primary Logo Shirt & Shorts Set (3T, Washington Wizards Red)
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2.If you have a baby girl, please forego any lace sewn on any part of the clothing. It can be quite irritating to the skin.Also consider where the snaps and buttons are. Snaps and buttons at the back will be uncomfortable for the baby. Make sure the buttons and snaps are not coming off. Check them every time you wash the clothes.The buttons can easily end up inside your little one’s hand which she can accidentally put inside her mouth.
3.Be sure the onesies and romper suits you buy have snap crotches to make it easier for you to change diapers.
4. Babies do grow fast! Don’t buy a lot of clothes of the same size like I did. You might just end up with clothes that were never worn because your baby has outgrown them.
5. Do not buy expensive designer baby clothes. They will be worn for just a few months.
6. Do not buy shoes for newborn. I have a confession. I was so in love with the Air Jordans I got a pair for my little boy (besides, I was so excited to have a boy after my two girls), thereby violating #5 and a fact of life – babies cannot walk. (Plus, you cannot imagine how difficult it was to put those shoes on baby’s feet and fear that it will fall and get lost in the mall!)
I agree having onesizes and comfy clothes are essentials for newborns. They don't need shoes of branded clothes too.
Newborns grow up fast. You need clothes that can easily be adjusted. It helps to be practical these days.
I did bought a lot when my son was born. First time eh, and super excited kaya ang dami binili hehe.. but I learned my lesson naman, I set aside some of my son's newborn clothes for his younger sibling. Now that I have my baby girl I bought just few newborn clothes with girly colors para naman hindi puro all white. 🙂
Great tips! I remember the time when I had my first baby and bought lots of onesies in different sizes. Excited eh! LOL But still, I wasn't able to use many of them because the baby really grows too fast!!! Good thing there's a 2nd baby. Hehe
I remember my eldest daughter when she was born. Since she was the first granddaughter in my family, plus the lone girl with my in laws and relatives, everybody was exited to see her in girl clothes that I never got to buy her clothes until her toddler years that some I just given away because another set of package arrived . I guess I was a bit lucky with newborn clothes.
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I so agree, babies grow up so fast talaga. There's a lot of clothes of my eldest missed to wear. Thank God my youngest came hehehe!
Great tips sis! I even bought the series of "What To Expect When You're Expecting" books from getting pregnant to giving birth to the first years. I have all those books to guide me through my first pregnancy (and the last…).
Yes, all babies seem to be heads with teeny-tiny bodies. I had a bit of a challenge getting those tiny clothes on my newborn then.
I also have a girl so all I bought was pink, pink, pink. It's very obvious I love pink color too!
I miss having a baby sis. Although I don't think I can carry one anymore nor have the patience to sleep late and wake up with barely a decent sleep.
Nice post. Also, especially for the 1st timer, don't keep on buying clothes because they grow up so fast. We need to be practical.
I copied this link and sent it to my friend who is on the way sis 🙂
When I had my first born, my SIL threw a baby shower for us and we had a lot of basic stuff that we need. It is exciting to buy those baby stuff and can be expensive as well.
Great tips and some good memories of what we all did. My twins got clothes as gifts and grew out of some of them in two weeks. The shoe thing I never understood at all. 😆
Elizabeth
Very good suggestions in buying for the newborn; well, those were the days.
thanks for the tips sis – I have to agree – you shouldn't buy expensive ones for the babies after all – they grow fast.
I think clothes that can be buttoned is better than closed shirts because of their proportion at this period.
thank you for these tips although I have my son already but he is 9 years old already and we are planning for another this year or early this year. hoping… hehe